I would get the book first - a browse through the Beocentral site is not a bad thing to do either.

You will need to open up the Beogram - I also wouldn't! Graham is quite right about the amplifiers. You really need a MCL2P which will effectively make you passive speakers behave as if they were active. The MLC/ML converter and Beolink Passive are really the same thing but with other features you don't need. Essentially the same thing though

It has 6 PUC IR ports, one for each input.

You can use a RIAA deck with the 9500 if you remove the 6 and 7 pins in the DIN plug and plug it into the Tape 2 or Aux socket. No remote control of the record player though. I would suggest selling the RIAA equipped Beogram and buying a non RIAA one - you should make a reasonable profit.

Very good advice from Andy. Tim and Nick's book is superb and shows a good number of systems with excellent summaries. The only problem is you will want more than one. I wouldn't worry about the power output - most music will be listened to at about 1W. Bass output is what annoys neighbours - for passive speakers, the MS150/M100 will produce

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The white key and black key are completely different - the white key use the early germanium transistors. Martin is the world expert on the Beomaster 1000 - there are a ridiculous number of variants and Martin has almost if not all of them. The black 1000 was Jacob Jensen's first project for B&O - he had to redesign the white key model.

I would strongly suggest using vintage speakers. They really suit this amplifier. I have had both a white and black key model and both sounded very good through speakers of the correct era. Beovox 1000s are the obvious choice but any of this range.

Good point - very cheap now and excellent sound. the 7700 is the one to get of course. If I could only have one system and it had to serve the whole house and be approved by the wife, the Beocenter 9500 would be my choice though. Not such a good amplifier but works with everything and very versatile.